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N.FETERS. FHQTD-LIHOGRAPHER. WASHXNGTON. D C.

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HORACE wYMAN, oE WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

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v Speciiication forming part of LettersPatent No. 197,754, dated-December 4, 1877.; application filed., t

. May 15,1877.r

To all/whom it may concern: t

Be itknown that I, HORACE WY'MAN, of Worcester, in the county of Worcester and State ofy Massachusetts, have invented'an Im-l provementin Looms, of which the following isa specification u This invention relates tovr improvements *in looms; and has referenceito mechanism for operating the shuttle-boxes, and.l to mechanism to -stop the loom` instantlywhen-` the filling breaks, or for any reason fails to become properly lodged in the shed, and lto mechanism lto suspend the movement ofA the shuttle-boi r-op erating chain whenever it is desired to employ any one shuttle of. the series for a number of consecutive picks. 'l Figure l represents, in front view, a loom embodying my invention, the shuttle-box mechanism being placed at the leftlhand end of the loom, viewing it from the front; Fig. 2a View of that end of the loom containing the Shuttle-boX-moving mechanism; Fig. 3, adetail of the pawl to move thepattern mechanism; Fig.. 4, aviewof that endof the` loomccntaining the driving and stopping mechanisin;Figs. 5 and 6, details of such mechanism; Fig.v7, a-

section on line x w, Fig. 1 ,the lay-race being broken out to show the weft-feeling mechanism. Fig. 8 represents a modification in end elevation, the shuttle-box mechanism being placed atthe right-'hand endof the loom; Fig. 9, an enlarged detail of the shuttle't-boxl lever (shown in Figf) and its actuating devices; Fig. 10, a side'view of Fig. 9, looking from the back of the loom Fig. 11, a ysection on f line A B, Fig. 9; Fig. 12, an 'end and side view of the pin-Wheel to drive the 1starfgear; Fig. 13, an end, a side elevation, and a plan of the clutch-finger, which, when in operation is lsecured to a rotating shaft Fig. 14, an end elevation and plan of the clutch-gear to be engaged bythe clutch-nger; Fig. l5, an end and side elevation of the arm and eccentrichub to serve as the fulcrum for the box-lever Fig. 16, a front elevation of a part of the loom suiici'entv to illustrate the weft-stop motion;

Fig. 17, a section on line y y, Fig. 16; Figs. 18, 19, 20, and 21, details of the weft-stoppin g devices in different positions; Fig. 22, a side elevation, showing the brake mechanism to stop the loom quickly, the friction pulleys mounted on the crank-shaft being removed; A Fig. 23, a-detail ofthe endof vthe loom, showing the brake-wheel and the frictionlpulleypar tially in section; Fig. 24, a section on line z of Fig. 25.` yFig. 25 shows one system of de-- f l. Vices' for temporarilydiscontinuing the operaf tion of the pattern chain uponv theA shuttleboXes whenever it is desiredthat any one shutf tleoperate for a'numberof consecutive picks. Figs.l 26, 27,28, 29,l and 30 are details of mechanismto stop the action of the pattern-chain i vupon the boxes; Figs. 31 f and 32, a modified form of devices to suspend the operation of the shuttle-box-"operating chain.

The loom-framey a may be of any ,suitabley construction to sustain the workingparts.

Therk crank-*shaft b, lathe c, lshuttle-boxes d, vshuttle-box rod e, f and stirrup are, or may be, of

any usual construction. f lheshuttle-'box lever f, connected by a link, g', withthe shuttle-box yroc l,a'nd 'sol as to move at 'its forward end'with 4 y V the boxes, has its fulcrumonan eccentrichub, 1 if -h (see Fig. 15,)'proje`cting from a doublearm,

Vi, connected with a shaft, j, mounted in abearing, Ala, and lprovided with an eared collar, l, to which ,is pivotcd a lclutch-inger, m, k(see v Figs. 11 and 13.) Placed loosely uponk the Shaft is V a clutch -pinion, n, having an 4attached f, notched plate, 0with which the cloutch-llir` m is made to engage at4 proper times by means -j of the lever p, connected by wire r ,o r other- A wise with one of the 'fingers 'resting upon the' y pattern mechanism, asina loom` heretofore,V July 16, .l8 72,lto

patented to me, No. 129,640, which reference may be had.

. The pinion fn meshes with the teeth at'kther;4 L

periphery of the star-wheel q, mounted on a stud, s, and rotated intermittingly by a pin, t, (seeFig. 12,) onv a hub, u, of a pin-wheel attached to the rotating lower shaft ,c of the loom. rI he inner portionof the star-wheel is provided with a series of notches, w,forming internal teeth. The entrance into each notch is Cut away, as at x, and left to project, as at y, whereby the pin t may' easily enterv the notches and quickly start up the wheel, and,

by operating, upon the projecting portions y, t

stop the wheel slowly, thereby turning such wheel with less jar and greater accuracy than. were the notches simply radial, and at greater speed than were the-notches'or teeth `madev etteehenotehedeplateof,thereby@ 1g f eranknnd .eoeentrles one@ Vfoo shift. ffromfueny Yonero` enyothenshne- "`t1e-box of theseriesof fonr boxesfthatbeing. the nlnnloenv eontempletednnd pronidedqfor in this present embodiment iof my. inventionuponthe .outer portion of, themheel, .las infrny formel-1 peinent; Eto `vohi'ehi 'referenee hess ibelen ,made The normal condition of the clutch-fingers m is out of engagement with the notched partl of the pinion, `which is looseon its shaft, thev latter being adapted-` towbe rotatedffhalf-way around at each rotation of the shaft @for at each movement of the star;wwheeloq.` When the clutch-finger is disengagechfthe pinion it will turn and not move the shaft j; but if the Gluten-.finger engages the port e; -,n11ro11gh. tl,1e i action of the knee-lever p, moved' by the pat-fV tern-surface, `then the shaft jywill be rotatedhalf around, and the eccentrich, the fulcrum i }of. 1he boxdeverr will, lift or lower the" lever sneiently tomove the boxesnne eell 1A second shefsief Figs fhg?, and: 10 son:` rented ine ,hreeke'e, bf, shonhqiebteohedfto Vthe y loomffreihe by holtsnessing :through.holesfef` has atts .innermost` end:doubleannees dh Up-i` on. this shaft is; efaloose nnionfeihevins len ,attaehedelntehnger, hfpressed. into engagennenh with thefeluehperef ne .snifcebletinnes7` `.ieeeorfli.ng-4 to the indieations of the mette/rm o `through e lever, @E yeonneetedresnsuehwithn` neger restng. nnonr them` pattern` `,eylinier. or

",.The eran l-nin-ma operated. byLthejshef'oel shiitble-.hoxlevenland .moves .iti es,v the shefon is, turned, n selnirotation, `the crank-pin then `.raising endlowering vthe Lend of. the leviermovethe shnttle-ihonesjfnomi enyfeellatothe 'seeond onekfroln it, skipping one box andes eeeentrieli vmove.s1she box-loveme .ehenge` the. hoxesfromoneto thenent .oielleesloeforev described, itresnflts that ,nheseperatefor augmented,n on .discounts movement of. the

the',` leyeremly be Loper-y ThedOubIearmsi ldlyarey `efch provided at `.enehendreithnnotehfnto,Whiehzfells'aholding-latchysl` yor ,925i kpiyoted, LtoV the "knee-levers p .end il, thee operate .the elnteh-fngers- These .letehes are each. held `down bylefspnin aand they. retein Kothe4 enne .in position' `when not moved positively `loyfythe shafts, and Iserye to stop. thearzns at the end ofeaeh movement.

1n Anlyfonlnen peinent 'ohesehneeflevers' 12 and e" andelatehes were in one pieee `"'Bir separating themi I. ein enabled. .toholdf'ihe emsin positondnring the time. that.` thekneedevers not ,to engage and ."disengese i `the elutehes, during Whioh timefuuder ,myfolmeneon.sinne- *Ylhe @Intels-.geen and eluteheogenfend their 1,Qpgyativel,msnansin,"are the sannezfonee'elh eqn, xhewirmsland swimmers.summons@ from properly engaging. and Operating the 'shafts and box-lever. v i y o weft-'stop mechanism connected therewith.

adapted tomove with, `theilay; A"lhisc'eeler is y e wefti'orkfit (shovymdetachedjin is eoinp'esefl of, eshsfefhevng Jetmoneeside sieh,

the "beek of' the rees-hoordaihesietteehed to it shaft, kt suitably snpportedvnpon the" ley! et 29,` (wellig-T20 endespring-enn, of#

fthe. `feelen ideseends; thelngersl of thefojrk; :ne

then ineeteh'es noon theem n; u fi o ln;- thisI position VAtheT hook" holds the arm and y o rgckrshaft, sov thatv thefdaggerj p assesy` belgio o -mo\ies1f.or enonh to l esein oper-ete ehe-shnttle .hen L the moveelprematurely,iwhiohlnreyented oheeeteh In Fig. 16 the shuttiefbnxesare Ommeland; .here of the'breest-heenn fis hrokenewey to i lshoWf-thez 4race-beam #bt-ofA thelathe "and )the y y. fiReferring i:o,1 "igs. 1 and 7 and 16 to 21,`the L we'ftifeelerc consists ofafseries of horizontal Wires or iingersfprojecting forward from a 1rod, d4, guided :bythe race-board of,` and connected at its lower end with an"arrn,` e", i

.,pivoted to the loom-frame atff-, andheld at` its back end by a spring`,"g, sogas to bemoved ohhl whereby thaweftefeelers lat `each sidcfthc 1 ley,r they being @like-ere l lowerediend" raised positiyelybythecanland-farmllalone"aftereh A The"fingers" of the forkyrest" y nponoa bent wire,V n4; `than :sets asnl .seriellev to `holdathef"forh'beleneed in; n' horizonte?, resi#` o end. to lisser 'it from. Jnnlringf nndeniehe f A71action ofthegi'idand thread. Whentheiforll Ajumps the thread is' liableto escape. Alrock ifrfshoinu` int-endnnwerflly- Y i ,lprojeeting erm, lo?, pnovnedV with.; passage; l

` Whenehewea s present onehefornaeef rerate a brake-lever` and stop theyloom.v ffjThe stop-bar operates both levers ,simultaneously,` so that the brake is applied justas; `the jfri-` y tion-pulleysare'd1sengaged,`which,enablesfthe llool to be soppehefore .the crank-shaft after theifaction of the weftfstop. j'lhis, con;` struction prevents the possibility of a'imisr9-1.154 v j p 3.

is heldby'the hook jf, the end: of the 'spring' `o4 yields to the action of the 'roller r4, and the shaft v'is not rocked.

lIn* Fig. 17, the 'grid is just in position toj touch the thread, if present. This weft-stop mechanism, carried entirely by the' lay and disconnected from the breast-beam, is very efficient in connection with'looms having Aa series of shuttle-boxes wherein veach thread must be kept 4separated when the."grid' descends. The tendency ofthe spring s4 is to hold the end of 'the .up-stop m4 against the bottom of the lay. n p

The brake-shipper@4 is provided withga roller, which operates against the camshaped end of a brake-lever, c5, 'so as to force the pivoted shoe b5 againsttherV-shaped periphery c5 of a brake-Wheel on the .crank-shaft,`so as to stop the loom instantly.

The brake-lever 'a5 is supportedV on a. crankpin, d5, preferably made as an eccentric, to lower or raise theffulcrum of the lever to fit the shoe to the periphery of'l the brake-wheel.

'A hand-latch, e5, pivoted atf5 tothe brake,- shipper m4, is provided 'with a finger, g5, to pass behind the shipper-lever t4, as Fig.' 22.

The end of the stop-bar g4, when moved by the dagger l, acts upon'the upper end of the brake-shipper x4, and moves it forward, andit resting against'the shipper-lever t4,'-provided at top with ahandle, pushespit out of engagement with its holding-notch in the usual platel w4, attached to the end of the breast-beam. The bar g4 by its motion simultaneously releases both levers.'

The lever ce, released in this way, moves the brake-lever a5 on its fulcrum, to force the shoelb5 quickly against the V-shaped periphery of the brake-wheel c5. At the same time the lever t4 operates 4a horizontally-movin g clutchingqand'unclutching-lever, as, connectedby a fork, 116, with a collar, r2, provided with `Wedgelike prongs, to crowd the clutches Z2, carried in guides f8 on the pulley c6, loose 0n the crank-` shaft, so as to cause-the clutches to `engage or be drawn away' from the fast pulley df", when it is desired that the belt-pulley turn'the crankshaft or runloosely thereon, the twol pulleys c d6 together constituting av4 pair of frictionpulleys. The `pinion o2 engages a pinion on, and transmits motion" to, the shaft@ in any usual way. l f

After stopping the loom, if forv any reason vit becomes necessary to move thela'y by hand before commencingto Weave.` regularly, the

operator will grasp the handle e5, turn iton its fulcrum f5 to disengag'e the'nger y? from the lever t4, and will then move the handle 'and lever x4 toward the loom. This movement will v operate the brake-lever so as to release the brake-wheel, that the lathe Vmaybe turnedby hand. After this, when the loom is to be' started by power, the operator willsieze the upper end of the lever #and move it so as to engage the expanding iction pulleys. In case the brake-lever is not rst released, the operator may start the loom by moving either however, being turned so as to remove the finger g5 from behind the lever t4, and either of the levers so moved will 'carry the other With it and start the loom.

When weaving goods vwherein one of the shuttles used to form the pattern isvto operate 'fora number of consecutive picks, the patternlchain may be shortened if the motion of the chain is suspended.

The pattern-surface e5 for the shuttle-boxes is moved by a pawl, f, its carrier being connected by a rod, g?, with a lever, h6, actuated .by a cam, '56, shown in Fig. 7 in dotted lines,

at' each rotation of shaft fv. This lever h6v has an arm, je, to which is pivoted a hooked rod,

k6, extended forward through a slot, Z6, in a slide-bar, m6. A locking and releasing lever,

a6, is pivoted to a lever, o5, (shown in'Figs. 24 and 25,) supported on a stationary pin, c'onnected with a fixed part of the loom. This lever o6 isprovided with a hole to receive a ngeron a rock-shaft, p6, controlled as to its :motions by a'rod, rf, connected with a finger resting upon the pattern-surface, as usual.

The pattern-surface is provided with elevations and depressions, tol lift the releasing-lever :a6 whenever it is desired that either shutvtle of thev series operate a number of picks in succession. When the lever a6 is lifted its hook lri-(seeFig. 27) engages a'pin, 86,1at `the lower end of the sliding bar, and it lifts the outer'end of the hooked arm k6 from its rest t6, so that 'its hook at the next back-ward move ment of the arm engages the bar and prevents the arm 'h6- fromdescending under the action of the springY t6, andy consequently the cam cannot operate' such arm, and the movement of the. pattern-cylinder for the box-motion is stopped. This hook .r6 holds the bar and hook k6 in 'position for a certain number of picks, and then `releases the bar m to permit the pattern-chain to be again operated.

In Figs. 25 kto 30 the lower end of the releasing-lever n is adapted to be operated by pins on an auxiliary pattern-plate, w, provided with suitable pattern pins or projections we,

that operate tomove the arm at the proper time to release the hook 1f from the pin .s6 and let the bar me fall, thus permitting the hooked -rod `la vto move and the lever 7L to be taken up by the cam when at its top throw. This aux.. iliary pattern is moved in this instance by a train of gearing, deriving motion from a pin.. ion on the take-11p roller, as shown in Figs. 24 and 25. Y

InFi-g. 26 the barmsis depressed and vthe hook k, reciprocated through the slot l", lies upon the rest t6 but the hook is' not caught, and the pattern-chain for the shuttle-boxes will move one step at leach rotation of the shaft.` An auxiliaryarm, a",may'be pivoted tothe lever h6 at 11.7, and, connected with such v lever by .a spring, c7, may be moved by a cam, d, (see Fig. 32 anddotted lines, Fig. 2.6,) to throw' the .arm a" down posi-tively, :thereby in. creasing the quickness and force of the spring another operates but two or three times, it is at veach movement of the shaft o of the loom,

c7. When the lever h is held? up the spring c" permits the arm a" to be moved without moving the lever h6. y

In Fig. 27, the slide-bar is held up bythe hook of the releasing-lever, and the pattern: chain for the shuttle-boxes is then stopped. Fig, 28 shows the releasing-lever n and its hook, as holding the pin s6, and the projection ad; of the auxiliary pattern as just commencing to move the lever y?, pivoted on the lever u, to release the hook from the pin of Vthe slide-bar. In Fig. 30, the lever g7 is shownas engaging the inside pin e" ofthe releasing-lever, and in Fig. 28 it is shown as engaging the outside pin f". L

When weaving a pattern wherein.. one shut-` tle operates for a considerable time, and then necessary that the end ofthe lever come quickly past the end of the pin .x5 to engage a second pin a1". This could not be done quickly. enough if the lever g" and releasing-lever In were in one piece. By pivoting the lever glto the lever ne, the pin w will move it against the outside pin f7 ofthe lever ne, as in Fig. 28, just before the hook is released; and when the hook is released the lever g7 will move quickly under the action of the springt, Fig. 27, until stopped by the' inside pin e", and such motion will move the end h't (see Fig. 29) of the lever gl, against which the pin a works, quickly lpast the pin. v

To better adapt this loom to the weaving of handkerchiefs, the following mechanism is pro-v vided: The pinion b8 on the shaft of the roll a8, by which the cloth-rcceivin g roller is moved by frictional contact therewith, is connected, through suitable toothed wheels ks l me, (see Figs. 1, 7, 24, and 25,) with pinion 118 on the shaft 71.8, carrying the auxiliary pattern-plate w, provided with the adjustable pins orprojections c, which control the length of the handkerchief, in order that such pattern-plate may be automatically turned backward and in unison with the take-up roll, when, from any imperfections in the weaving, itbecoines necessary to turn the roll backward. This connection insures the production in a loom of handkerchiefs of equal length.

Figs. 31 and 32 represent a modification of devices to stop the motion of the' chain for the boxes.

In such iigures the usual pattern-chain will rest on the barrel 87, having4 a ratchet, t", to be engaged and moved by the usual pawl f s. On the shaft a7, carrying the pattern-surface, is placed a ratchet, v7, and an attached toothed gear, fw. The pawl-carrier x7 has an auxiliary pawl pivoted at the side of pawl f 6, but made a little longer than it, (see dotted lines, Fig; 36,) and this auxiliary pawl rotates the ratchet c7 and its attached toothed pinion rw1 one step the rod g6 being connected with an arm, like ha. This pinion wl, through the train of gearing a8 b cB,moves an auxiliary pattern-surface,

and operates alever, g", and hooked releasing-` lever n at suitabletimes to release abar, d, adapted to be lifted by thehook when it 'is raised by a pin on the pattern-surface, the releasing-lever and its hook being operated sub-` stantially as hereinbefore described. This bar d has a finger, e", that, when thebar is lifted:

by the releasing-lever W, causes a. pin on` the finger e` to throw the pawl f6 out of `engagement with its ratchet t", `and stop the motion of the pattern-surface. The upper end of this bar d is notched, to be engaged by a sliding holdingbar, f, held pressed against the bar al"` by a spring, g8, and released at each move vnient of the pawl by the upper end h8 of the pawl-carrier; but the arm will not drop until released by the movement of the releasing-lever ne, operated upon by a suitable pinof theauxiliary pattern-surface. The pattern-cylinder may be rotated by hand through theliand-wheel l", Fig. 2.

made quite heavy, as in English Patent No. 1,269 forthe year 1867, and as `in other looms commonly used in this country, in .order that such loose pulley may have sufficient momentum to quickly pick up the fast member d of the clutch-pulley when the two members are engaged. i

, In connection with clutch-pulleys to start the shaft, I employ a brake-pulley and brake to stop the crank-shaftinstantly.

I claim- 1. The arm i and its attached eccentric, in combination with the shuttle-box lever,.hav ing its fulcrum on the eccentric, and with a rotating shaft and mechanism `to move it intermittingly a semi-rotation and then hold it at rest, substantially as described. N 2. An intermittingly operated shaft, and double arms connected therewith, in combination withknee-levers, controlled by a patternsurface and a pivoted holder, s, to hold the arm until the clutch-fin ger for moving the armcarrying shaft isl in engagement with theV clutch-gear, substantially as described. 3. The brake-shipper and V-shaped brakepulley, in combinationiwith a brake-lever and shoe and an `eccentric-fulcrum for the brakelever, substantially as described.

4. The brake-lever, the lbrake-shipper, and

the handle e5, provided with a finger, g5, in` combination with the shipper-lever t4, to operate substantially as described.

5. The brake-shipper and shipper-lever arranged with'relation to each other, as described, in combination with a stop-bar to operate both levers simultaneously, whereby one applies the brake and the other unclutches the friction-pulleys, as described. p `6. The grid and weft-fork and its hook j, in combination with a rock-shaft, provided with a dagger, and an arm, n4, provided with a slot, 20, to operate substantially as described.

7. A weft-fork, a spring to hold it in balanced position, a grid connected with a rising The loose member c5` of` vthe.friction-pulley is and falling rod adapted to move with the lay, in combination with a lever and a cam to operate the grid, substantially as described.

8. The grid, in combination with the weftfork and a spring to hold itin balanced position and co-operate with the grid, substantially as described.

9. A weft-fork, provided With a backwardly-extended hook, j4, in combination Awith a spring to hold such fork in balanced position, substantially as set forth. v

10. The combination, With the weft-fork and its hooked arm j, of the rock-shaft, provided with a dagger, its arm n4, andthe spring o4,

and a roller to operate it, substantially as described.

l1. A guide-bar and hooked arm, k6, connected With a lever, the latter adapted, substantially as described, to move through suitable connections, the pattern-chain for the shuttle-boxes, in combination With a lever, a6, and a pattern-surface to lift' it to hold the guide-bar in position to be engaged by the hooked lever, to suspend the action of the box-chain for a certain period, substantially as set forth.' v

12. The guide-bar h6, a hooked lever, n, a

pattern-surface, and intermediate connections, to lift the hooked lever and guide-bar, in combination with an auxiliary pattern-surface to disengage the lever a6 from the guide-bar, substantiallyas described.

13. The guide-bar, hooked lever a6. and its pins elf, in combination with the pivoted lever gf, to operate the lever with relation to' the pins 0f the auxiliary pattern, lsubstantially as described.

14. An auxiliary patternsurface to determine the period of suspension of the action of the box-pattern, a roller to control the takeup of the fabric, and gearing to connect them, combined as described, whereby the patternsurface and roller move automatically together in unison when the roller is moved either forward or backward, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this speciiication in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

' HORACE WYMAN.

Witnesses:

J. B. SYME, J. A. WARE. 

